sveltesse
French, noun/svɛl.tɛs/
sveltesse is a French feminine noun meaning “slenderness, slimness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère de ce qui est svelte, c’est-à-dire mince et élancé avec une idée de souplesse et d’élégance”.
What does sveltesse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineslenderness, slimness
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère de ce qui est svelte, c’est-à-dire mince et élancé avec une idée de souplesse et d’élégance. 2. Dont la concision évoque une minceur athlétique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sveltesse
- sveltesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sveltesse?
- /svɛl.tɛs/
- \svɛl.tɛs\
- [svɛl.tɛs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sveltesse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sveltesse in French?
sveltesse appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).